NoelClick5d ago
CoMaps - Hike, Bike, Drive

Today we are celebrating our first birthday! 🍰🎈

As it's been a very busy year – full of new community members, new features, and more – we've written up a summary of all the things that have happened.

And to give all of you a small gift: If you press the *Check Updates* button in the 2026.05.06 version of CoMaps, you'll find some freshly updated maps that were quietly released for you yesterday!

https://www.comaps.app/news/2026-05-12/celebrating-the-first-comaps-birthday/

#OpenStreetMap #opensource #freeSoftware

Celebrating CoMaps' first birthday

CoMaps turns one, and we give an update on the achievements and state of the project

May 12 at 11:59amWeb
Show threadCoMaps - Hike, Bike, Drive5d ago
And if you want to join our birthday celebration community call, it'll happen today at 19:00 UTC, more details here: https://codeberg.org/comaps/comaps/wiki/First-anniversary-celebrations
First anniversary celebrations

The main code repository of the navigation app CoMaps, a community-led fork of Organic Maps. Reinforced with commitment to transparency, privacy and being not-for-profit.

Codeberg.org
Show threadCoMaps - Hike, Bike, Drive4d ago
A huge thanks to the ~25 folks that joined us for our virtual birthday party yesterday and made it a really great event! πŸ₯³ Covering a range of 14 time zones, it really showed how global our community is. 🌏 Over the course of around 2.5 hours, we were joined by some long-standing CoMaps contributors, active members of the #OpenStreetMap community, and many new faces!
Show threadGalle434d ago
@CoMaps Happy birthday!! (+1 day)
Show threadÆrion5d ago
@CoMaps
πŸŽ‰πŸŽŠπŸŽˆ Congratulations!! I've been with you since the beginning, having left Organic Maps after several years of using that.
Show threadCoMaps - Hike, Bike, Drive5d ago
@aerion thanks so much!
Show threadMarco Bresciani5d ago
@aerion
Same here! πŸ’ͺ🏻
@CoMaps
Show threadCryptGoat5d ago
@CoMaps Keep up the great work! Looking forward to all the stuff that is coming up! πŸ™Œ
Show threadMac5d ago
@CoMaps Happy birthday and thank you very much for your fantastic work. πŸ₯³ πŸ€—
Show threadyomarion5d ago
@CoMaps Congrats to the whole team, what you do matters ! I am a picky map user and I LOVE Comaps
Show threadCyon Ennex πŸ³οΈβ€βš§οΈ5d ago
@CoMaps
Congrats, and thanks for showing me the way in new places
Show threadTungsten_carbide πŸ‰5d ago
@CoMaps Happy birthday to the project and many thanks to everyone involved!
This is a great app and I'm grateful for all the improvements we've seen!
Show threadCoMaps - Hike, Bike, Drive5d ago
@Equity7804 thanks so much!
Show threadBarry WaschbÀr 🏴󠁧󠁒󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿5d ago
@CoMaps discovered the app through this post. Downloaded it, it looks great! Cheers!
Show threadCoMaps - Hike, Bike, Drive5d ago
@liebemarx yay, that's great to hear!
Show threadBarry WaschbÀr 🏴󠁧󠁒󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿5d ago
@CoMaps do you have plans to add features like adding reviews of places?
Show threadCoMaps - Hike, Bike, Drive5d ago
@liebemarx it's under active development! The work for including it in the map data of CoMaps is currently ongoing here: https://codeberg.org/comaps/comaps/pulls/4212
Reviews Milestone 1

This PR adds: * support for including reviews in the MWM files * a forgejo actions workflow to generate the reviews file * support for displaying reviews in the Qt desktop app Partially addresses #556 . ## UI ### Place Page (developer version) Summary: ![image](/attachments/f6bab453-6648-4...

Codeberg.org
Show threadCubeOfCheese5d ago
@CoMaps where in the app is the Check for Updates button?
Show threadCoMaps - Hike, Bike, Drive5d ago
@cubeofcheese on the "download map" screen!
Show threadCubeOfCheese5d ago
@CoMaps thank you. I don't see it though. I'm on version 2026.04.23-19-Google
Show threadCoMaps - Hike, Bike, Drive5d ago

@cubeofcheese ah, that's why - the button is there from 2026.05.06, which is still waiting for Google Play review.

Try using `?check-updates` in the search for 2026.04.23

Show threadJan Steen5d ago
@CoMaps thnx for the wonderful app - keep up the good work!
Show threadNico Filzmoser5d ago
@CoMaps Congrats on the achievement, CoMaps is a superb app 😊
Show threadSchimmelreiter5d ago
@CoMaps Congratulations! You should see the envy in people's eyes when I show them a location which isn't in Google Maps. They always try to tell me first "Google Maps is the best". And then me: "But the data is too old..."
Show threadsoaproot4d ago
@CoMaps Ooh love all of this especially https://www.comaps.app/news/2026-01-05/comaps-focuses-privacy/ . Can't wait to see how many more privacy improvements get done in the next year.
How CoMaps focuses on Privacy

Some technical changes CoMaps made to protect your privacy

Show threadAdventureTense4d ago

@CoMaps Congrats CoMaps!

I remember the beginning, because last year we traveled to UK using Organic Maps, and returned using CoMaps.

I submitted my donation to CoMaps earlier today in fact. Keep up the great work. The year went fast.

Show threadCoMaps - Hike, Bike, Drive4d ago
@adventure_tense thanks so much, the support is much appreciated!
Show threadshrek 🐍4d ago
@CoMaps
Happy Birthday! πŸ₯³

I really like the way CoMaps is put together. It looks as modern as big-tech alternatives but still has excellent usability and a rich feature set. One thing I would like to see added soon is public-transport navigation not just for big cities, but for smaller areas as well, like OsmAnd offers.
Keep up the great work!
Show threadCoMaps - Hike, Bike, Drive3d ago
@shrek_seven there's active work to improve the public transport display and add more of it!
Show threadVegOS4d ago
@CoMaps I do not like everything about CoMaps but I like the project! Mainly I use AAT and I'm used to work with files and folders. So this whole bookmarks thing is very restricted and not usable for me. But I wish you further progress. I kicked Organic Maps out and keep your app installed. Normally I design my routes with an GPX editor or with brouter and load them into AAT. CoMaps may be a fallback solution to find the shortest way home or as your intention is, to take part in the basic work for Openstreetmap. More years to come, good luck! Cheers! πŸ€ πŸŽ„πŸŒπŸŽ‚πŸŽ·πŸŒ‹πŸŽ‡πŸŽ‰πŸͺ•πŸš½πŸ—ΏπŸ•
Show threadCoMaps - Hike, Bike, Drive3d ago
@vegos_f06 improving the bookmarks and routing along saved routes are often-wished features and hopefully will come at some point!
Show threadVegOS3d ago
@CoMaps Thanks! Don't feel stressed. Some times ago I filed an issue for handling single routes and saved tracks instead of whole folders. I have not tested CoMaps for a long time. Are there improvements of track recording? One waypoint all 20 meters might be good enough for many but it is not very accurate. There should be a variable setting from 0 to 20 meters. I do not mind about big gpx files. Routing along saved routes is possible but quite cumbersome because of the current bookmarks concept.